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title: "What are the key features of Erlang?"  
description: "What are the key features of Erlang?"  
author: "Sunil Singh"  
published: 2015-09-14  
updated: 2020-09-16  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/interview/22823/what-are-the-key-features-of-erlang  
category: "erlang"  
tags: ["otp", "erlang"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# What are the key features of Erlang?

Key features of Erlang is-\

• Declarative Syntax: It has got declarative syntax\
• Concurrent: It has process based model of concurrency\
• Real time: It programs real time system\
• Continuous Operation: It allows continuous operation\
• Robust: For detecting runtime errors it has three constructs in the language\
• Memory Management: Memory is allocated automatically and de-allocated when not required\
• Distribution: It has got no shared memory, distributed systems can be easily be built in erlang\
• Integration: Easy integration of program written in other language

## Answers

### Answer by Sunil Singh

Key features of Erlang is-\

• Declarative Syntax: It has got declarative syntax\
• Concurrent: It has process based model of concurrency\
• Real time: It programs real time system\
• Continuous Operation: It allows continuous operation\
• Robust: For detecting runtime errors it has three constructs in the language\
• Memory Management: Memory is allocated automatically and de-allocated when not required\
• Distribution: It has got no shared memory, distributed systems can be easily be built in erlang\
• Integration: Easy integration of program written in other language


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